Damon Herriman joins new Vince Gilligan drama, Battle Creek.

Recently seen in INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, he has now been cast in Vince Gilligan and David Shore’s CBS drama Battle Creek.

The drama, based on a 2002 script from the Breaking Bad creator, centres on Russ (Dean Winters), a detective, and Milton, an FBI agent – two men with very different worldviews who are teamed up. Together, they must answer the question: Is cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Michigan in the face of dwindling resources?

Bryan Singer will direct.

The Hollywood Reporter notes Herriman has a recurring role as Detective Niblet, a nice guy who is a cop with the Battle Creek Police Department.

Herriman’s credits extend all the way back to his work as a child actor on The Sullivans in 1976. But he has many US credits including Justified, Vegas and Cold Case.

Having recently watched 100 bloody Acres I have to say that Damon Herriman is a very talented actor and also almost all of my favourite episodes of The X Files were written by Vince Gillian. So Battle Creek to me looks very promising!

I’m thrilled especially due to being a long time fan of Vince Gilligan going back to his time on The X Files. I’ve being a big Justified fan and Damon gives depth to what would of being a 2 dimensional character, he really is a chameleon if one checks his imdb and photos.